The right to publish open-source cryptography is on trial, and with it, the critical human rights to privacy of communications and transactions. Good luck to @rstormsf, our industry, and frankly our civilization

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Sitting in on Storm’s trial, I can’t help but feel violated in getting an up close experience of how the government can cherry pick information that’s been collected on you (e.g., transactions, messages, IP address activity) and paint any picture of you that they want. Just further solidifies why privacy is a foundational protection against government abuse; why it matters so damn much that people can build privacy-preserving technology.

balance commitments are wild. shielded pools would be so much harder to design if the Indians didn't invent the zero 1500 years ago.

The confusing thing about bills of exchange is they were originally notes, and then they became bills, and then they became notes again. NOBODY TELLS YOU THIS

the reason Venice got all the hype and you only know about Genoa from salami is because the academics just wanted to travel to the pretty city of canals but much more than the Venetians, the Genoese built the modern world.

If your protocol doesn't have a Quint spec, does it even exist?

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don't really have a strong opinion re EVM on the hub (though I have always felt the Hub should secure its own smart contract env). but honestly it is very refreshing to see the ICF get to function like a startup

Been working on a rad @CosmWasm app. Any important news I should be aware of?